irritating; aggravating; upsetting
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
kitchen; financial situation
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
traditional; conventional
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
pulse (edible seeds of various leguminous crops); plant yielding pulse
root crops; root vegetables
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
taste; palate; sense of taste
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
contradiction; inconsistency
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to put into the mouth; to eat
to triumph; to be elated with success
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment